Inseam-beating machine



S. C. WILSON INSEAM BEATING MACHINE May 27, 1924. 1,495,974

Filed April 19, 1922 Patented ay 2'7, 1924.

" UNITED] iST-TES I 1,495,974 PATENT OFF-ICE.

SIDNEY 0. WILSON, or noczrnsrnn, new vonnnssienon T WILSON PROCESS, INC., 1 on :NEW ORK, N..Y.,A oonronn'rron on NEW YORK.

INSEAM-BEA'IING MACHINE.

Application filed April 19, 1922. Serial N0. 555,624..

To all whom it may a0ncem: 'Be it known that I, SIDNEY 0. WILSON, a

'- citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Inseam-Beating Machines, of whichthe following description, in connec tion with'th accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

My present invention relates to machines adaptedfor use'in the manufacture of boots i the attaching of the upper to the outer face of the outsole to the shoestructure.

of the insole, either by sewin or other fastening means, throws up a ridge or rib that is of such height as to prevent proper fitting To compensate for th height of the ridge or rib, ithas been heretofore necessary to pro vide filling for the depression between the ridges on either side of the insole. This is objectionable however, as it entails another operation to the already great number necessary.

In my development of the boot and shoe making art, I have devised an improved process of manufacture whereby a boot or shoe may be produced and in which the heretofore necessary ridge or rib of stitching or inseam has been eliminated. Further, in such improved process I combine the good qualities of a Goodyear type of boot 0r shoe, as regards flexibility of sole, with the good qualities of a McKay type of shoe, as regards strength and rigidity of structure. This improved process is fully explained in my copending application Serial No. 326,567, filed September 26, 1919, and the machine forming the subject matter of my present invention is adapted to be used as auxiliary to and in conjunction therewith.

In my improved process, as disclosed in the copending application Serial No. 326,- 567, and above referred to, I provide an insole having a channel cut on each face of the insole, the channel flap of the channel on the outer face of the insole being the flap to which the upper material is secured when lasted. In this lasting process, as practised according to my improved process set forth and claimed in the copending application above referred to, I may attach the upper to the channelfiap by a row ofstitching, separated groups of stitching or suitable securing means of any descr'iption. After the lasting operation, there is present a pronounced. ridge orrib extending along each side and the toe portion of the insole, and in a McKay type of shoe, it is not desirable that the space defined by the ridges -be,built up with filler. No suitablebeating machine for beating and smoothing this inseam has been devised prior to the present machine,

and in practising the process set forth and claimed'in the copending application. above referred to and wherein a McKay type of shoe is lasted by the'Goodyea'r' process, the

beating down and smoothing out of this inseambecomes important.

My, invention is not limited .in its scope to use in connection with my improved process as set forth in the copendingapplication above referred to, and it may be used to great advantagein the manufacture of ordinaryfMcKay type shoes.

. ,The object of my. invention therefore, is an improved inseam beatingand smoothing machine for use in the manufacture'of boots and shoes of the'so-Calld McKay type.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invention,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation; Fig. 2 is a side elevation; Fig. 3 is a plan view, and Fig. 4 is an end elevation of'the beating and smoothing roller.

Referring to the drawing, 10 designates a standard on which is secured, by bolts 11, a base 12. At one end of this base 12 is secured an upright 13 by bolts 14, while at the front end of the base is secured, by bolts 15 a pair of spaced, upwardly and forwardly extending curved horns 17 and 18, on the side of one of which, as 18, is formed a bear- .ing 19 that is in alinement with a bearing 20 at the top of the upright 13, these horns being joined by a member 16. Rotatably mounted in the bearings 19 and 20 is a mounted the lower end of a belt shifting lever 26, provided at its upper end with an operating handle 27 and with a belt en; gaging fork 28;

At the upper and forward ends o f'the :.urved horns l7 and 18 are formed bearings 29 and 30 respectively, and in which are'ro tatably mounted. a shaft 31' provided at one end with a bevel gear 32 that meshes with and is driven by the bevel gear 24 onthe main driving shaft 2l. On this shaft 31 and located between the horns 17 and 18', is

he ed a corru ated beatin" and SIIJQOthlIl roll 33, the corrugations of which are round ed as shown, and of any suitable size and innnber.

Slidably mounted on the base 12 between i the horns l7 and 18 and l nden the plate 16, is a plate 3a and provided the plate. it) is a slot 85 through which pass s; a O 36 that passes through the plate and screws into the. base 1.2, and by meansiof hich h Plat m y be a i stab'ly l in plositio n On the outer, or forward end of the plate 34 is secured, by bolt 11a ooni: cal beating and smoothing anvil 38, this constriution being such that different sized anvils may be used, corresponding to the sites of bootsand shoes to be operated upon.

In operation, the boot or shoe being op: erated upon istaken, after the lasting operation and while still on the last, and the outer face of the insole brought into engagement With, he. rapid y r ta ing Qrrus'etesi' ol er he hot being, stipp t td by' stins the, same on the anvil, it being understood'fthat e la r mains n. th h t din s the b ating operation. The corrugations on the roller 33 strike the stitchingv or rib a rapid li gh bl ws ea i g. do n a smo u he ns am t leve w h, h outer c of the in ol a d. Preparing th shoe for the subsequent operation of attaching the outsole.

While. I have shown and; described the preferred embodiment of my invention 4.. somewhat in detail, it is to be understood that I may vary the size, shape, and arrangement of parts com-prising my invention Within wide limits without departing from the spirit of the invention. r

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, is

An pr r l inseam beat ng. d; smoothing maohine'o'omprising a pair of forwardly extending horns, aeorrugated beat: mg; smoothing. roller mounted thereon, an adjustable plate, and a conical anvil m -tit a i n aid: Pla an a sociated with: hey eating' ndsmo t e roll r 9; mpmved nsea bet n and; streetulas ma hin mm e s a base; 2 P ll of forwardly extending hflojrns I QiII QfiQd: flattens, a shai rot ab yi mounted, i horns, a beat ng and smoo h ngfrelleron aid; shat i an, adjustable; pla e Q1 said ba a. 65 an a coni a anv l mun edi on s id" plate nd" ss e a e'd; wi h he eat ng a d moo hing roller.

3, An improved S h ng mach ne c mputi a a e a Pa of f war y exte d ng o ns m a ed' er on,v a h t t tab y m untedn said, horns, driving means thereton, a cor-- ru-gated beating and smoothing roller mount d Q1 i aft, an dju tabl plate on said base, and a conical anvil mounted 21 he P ate and asso ia ed with the beati eian moot ing 're l n In testimony whereof, I have signed my ame to t i sp ci tttt SIDNEY C. W'ILSOE.

inseam beating and 

